Posted by on October 28, 2010 12:06 AM | jihadwatch.org
But a little pious violence to deny people freedom of conscience? Why, that just keeps society sparkling and lemony-fresh. "Christian Family in Bangladesh Attacked, Charged with Crime," from Compass Direct News, October 27:
LOS ANGELES, October 27 (CDN) -- Muslim neighbors of a Christian family in Bangladesh scheduled to be baptized last month beat them and filed a false charge of attempted murder against them and other Christians, the head of the family said.
Foyez Uddin, 62, told Compass that his neighbor Nazrul Islam and Islam's relatives told him, his wife and his two adult children that as Christians they were "polluting" society and beat them on Sept. 17 in Joysen village in Rangpur district, some 300 kilometers (186 miles) north of Dhaka. Islam is a policeman.
Islam's uncle, Abdul Mannan Miah, then filed false charges against Uddin, his family and three others, accusing them of trying to kill Miah's niece, Uddin said by telephone after his release on bail on Oct. 8. The village is under Pirgacha police jurisdiction.
Uddin said his family was fishing at his pond on Sept. 17 when eight to 10Muslim neighbors led by Islam appeared and began speaking abusively about their Christian faith.
That's Nazrul Islam, but the puns all but write themselves.
"Nazrul told us, 'You are polluting society by deviating from Islam. Come back to Islam, otherwise we will not allow any Christian to live here in this village,'" Uddin said.
He told them that his family would not return to Islam, Uddin said.
"I replied, 'Invite Islamic scholars, and if they can satisfy us in light of the Quran, then we will go back to Islam. Otherwise nothing can affect our unshakeable faith in Christ,'" Uddin said. "They beat me, my wife and two sons for objecting to their proposal to come back to Islam."
The angry neighbors then broke into his home and burned two Bibles, tore two others and ripped four hymnals, he said, and they also damaged some furniture and chairs. Their home serves as a worship venue, and Uddin said the villagers also hacked with a machete the sign board of their house church, Faith Bible Church of God.
Apostates are lawful for slaughter under Islamic law according to Muhammad's own command. That raises very real concerns that the violence here may escalate even further.
The pastor of the church, Lavlu Sadik Lebio, told Compass that he went to a nearby police station to complain about the attack, but officers did not respond to him. He said he only went to inform police, not file a case, but even so officers were unresponsive.
"Intentionally burning Bibles was the most sacrilegious attack on our faith - how can a member of the police department do that?"Pastor Lebio said. "Those people should have kept in mind how an announcement of burning a copy of the Quran in the U.S. stirred up the anger, discontent and hatred of Muslims all over the world."
But the nature of their status as subjugated peoples, or dhimmis, under Islamic law precludes reciprocity of respect and rights for non-Muslims, to say nothing of apostates, who have no such scheme of "protection."
Taken into police custody on Sept. 18, Uddin said he and his family were unable to be baptized as planned....
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/10/bangladesh-muslim-converts-to-christianity-beaten-falsely-charged-with-attempted-murder-told-they-ar.html
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